Changelog

Source: NEWS.md

CatastRo 1.0.0

CRAN release: 2026-02-23

This major release introduces a full overhaul of the codebase and test suite. All requests now use httr2, and cached files are reorganized into topic-based subfolders for easier management.

Because of internal changes, existing caches are not compatible with this release and must be rebuilt.

We have transitioned from rappdirs::user_config_dir() to tools::R_user_dir() for managing your persistent cache directory. If you are a heavy CatastRo user and already have a cache directory in place, you’ll receive a one-time friendly message informing you about this migration. Consider it a warm welcome to CatastRo 1.0.0 😉.

The package now requires R ≥ 4.1.0, and dependency updates improve both performance and maintainability. All functions return tidy objects (tibbles or sf objects with tibble data).

Major changes

• Minimum required R version is now 4.1.0.
• Refactor code and test suite for improved stability.
• Switch API requests to httr2.
• New options (especially for macOS and Linux users):
  • On SSL errors use options(catastro_ssl_verify = 0) to disable SSL verification.
  • Query timeout can be controlled with options(catastro_timeout = 300) (Default value). Check httr2::req_timeout() for details.
• Reorganize cache into topic-based subfolders.

Note: Previous caches must be recreated.

Compatibility and performance

• Require R ≥ 4.1.0.
• Update dependencies:
  • Add: cli, lifecycle, withr.
  • Remove: png, slippymath.
• Return tidy objects consistently.
• Vignettes engine has been migrated to Quarto.

Deprecations

• cache argument has been deprecated in all functions.

New features

• Added inspire_wfs_get(), a general function that downloads data of any INSPIRE-based API endpoint.

Other updates

• Rewrite the full test suite.
• Review and improve documentation.
• Use cli for all messages.

CatastRo 0.4.1

CRAN release: 2025-03-24

• Update documentation and URLs.

CatastRo 0.4.0

CRAN release: 2024-06-02

• Update entry points (#53).

CatastRo 0.3.1

CRAN release: 2024-04-12

• Migrate from httr to httr2 (#44), with no visible change for users.
• Improve documentation.

CatastRo 0.3.0

CRAN release: 2024-01-18

• catr_atom_get_address() also returns the names of the streets (layer "ThoroughfareName" of the *.gml file). The new fields are named with the prefix tfname_*.
• Add a helper function for easily detecting the cache_dir: catr_detect_cache_dir().
• Update documentation and tests.

CatastRo 0.2.3

CRAN release: 2023-01-08

• Housekeeping and updates of documentation.
• Adapt catr_wms_get_layer() to mapSpain (>= 0.7.0).

CatastRo 0.2.2

CRAN release: 2022-05-27

• Add tidyterra to ‘Suggests’.
• Now catr_get_code_from_coords() handles sfc objects (#26).
• catr_clear_cache() now has config = FALSE as default argument.

CatastRo 0.2.1

CRAN release: 2022-03-08

• Fix CRAN tests.

CatastRo 0.2.0

CRAN release: 2022-02-28

Overall revamp of the package. Major changes to the API.

• Added ATOM INSPIRE capabilities:
  • Addresses: catr_atom_get_address(), catr_atom_get_address_db_all().
  • Cadastral Parcels: catr_atom_get_parcels(), catr_atom_get_parcels_db_all().
  • Buildings: catr_atom_get_buildings(), catr_atom_get_buildings_db_all().
• Added WFS INSPIRE capabilities:
  • Addresses: catr_wfs_get_address_bbox(), catr_wfs_get_address_codvia(), catr_wfs_get_address_postalcode(), catr_wfs_get_address_rc().
  • Cadastral Parcels: catr_wfs_get_parcels_neigh_parcel(), catr_wfs_get_parcels_parcel(), catr_wfs_get_parcels_parcel_zoning(), catr_wfs_get_parcels_zoning().
  • Buildings: catr_wfs_get_buildings_bbox(), catr_wfs_get_buildings_rc().
• Added WMS INSPIRE capabilities: catr_wms_get_layer().
• Added new interface for OVC Services. Deprecated previous functions in favor of the new API:
  • New SRS database in ?catr_srs_values, replaces coordinates.
  • catr_ovc_get_rccoor_distancia() replaces near_rc().
  • catr_ovc_get_rccoor() replaces get_rc().
  • catr_ovc_get_cpmrc() replaces get_coor().
• Added pre-computed vignettes.

CatastRo 0.1.0

• Initial release.